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/Sounds like "KWAH" (as in "quack") + "troh" (as in "troll")/

Meaning

A Venezuelan four-stringed instrument heard in every joropo and parranda. In Venezuela there is no traditional celebration without a cuatro, it is the soul of llanera and criolla music.

Examples

He learned to play the cuatro at age eight.

The cuatro and maracas are the backbone of Venezuelan joropo.

Regional synonyms

Avocado in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Ecuador, from the Quechua word. The same creamy green fruit that Mexico and Spain call "aguacate." The "palta vs. aguacate" divide is one of the great vocabulary splits in the Spanish-speaking world.